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journey : Breathe Deep
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November 20, 2016. At midday Saturday the sun shone full into the kitchen window. I almost wished that I hadn’t done the dishes already, but that’s a silly thing to wish, isn’t it? Forget dishes. I pinched some droopy lavender between my fingers and inhaled the fragrance. I set up my computer on the sink. I wanted to write. […]. September 18, 2016. August 19, 2016. Bigfoot and the Woman. July 11, 2016. In the dream, Bigfoot is skulking through a cave, and the Woman is trying to stop him from getting out&...
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Hannah Lynn Mell : Breathe Deep
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Author Archive: Hannah Lynn Mell. Hannah Lynn Mell grew up a missionary kid in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Now she lives in Rowley, Massachusetts with her exquisitely kind husband David and their charming three-legged cat, Thomas. She's worked with singers since 1998 and loves to help people of all ages free their voices. November 20, 2016. At midday Saturday the sun shone full into the kitchen window. I almost wished that I hadn’t done the dishes already, but that’s a silly thing to wish, isn’t it? In the drea...
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love : Breathe Deep
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Bigfoot and the Woman. July 11, 2016. In the dream, Bigfoot is skulking through a cave, and the Woman is trying to stop him from getting out. She is old and clever and vital: a crone, a witch. She hunches herself into a hole in the cave wall so that she can attack him as he walks by. I don’t remember the […]. April 4, 2016. Braiding my mother’s hair. November 4, 2015. September 13, 2015. Moving into David’s parents’ house was a no-brainer. We’d save on rent, have an easy commute to ...September 4, 2015.
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body : Breathe Deep
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September 18, 2016. Today I listen to Yo-Yo Ma play Bach’s cello suites and I dance around the kitchen. I have lived most of my hours aiming to be useful. The weight of that sometimes grows unmanageable. I am a dancer, but not a Dancer (if you know what I mean), so my body still remembers how to […]. Divine appointments & a tire rotation. January 17, 2016. February 3, 2015. May 17, 2014. Sometimes events you’ve been waiting for happen all at once. Thursday, May 15th was a day of great fruition. E...The l...
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death : Breathe Deep
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Bigfoot and the Woman. July 11, 2016. In the dream, Bigfoot is skulking through a cave, and the Woman is trying to stop him from getting out. She is old and clever and vital: a crone, a witch. She hunches herself into a hole in the cave wall so that she can attack him as he walks by. I don’t remember the […]. Life is a spell so exquisite, everything conspires to break it. January 18, 2016. Candle or no candle. November 27, 2015. September 4, 2015. Let me tell you how Gus the cat died. I promise later...
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friends : Breathe Deep
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November 20, 2016. At midday Saturday the sun shone full into the kitchen window. I almost wished that I hadn’t done the dishes already, but that’s a silly thing to wish, isn’t it? Forget dishes. I pinched some droopy lavender between my fingers and inhaled the fragrance. I set up my computer on the sink. I wanted to write. […]. Bigfoot and the Woman. July 11, 2016. Divine appointments & a tire rotation. January 17, 2016. The marvelous mundane – part two. December 12, 2015. First, a fun fact. It̵...
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family : Breathe Deep
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The marvelous mundane – part two. December 12, 2015. First, a fun fact. It’s unlikely that anyone remembers this, but the last time I wrote a blog with “part one” in the title, I never wrote a part two. (Don’t let it keep you up at night: I feel confident that “restoration – part two” will want to be written someday.) Now, a moment of self-congratulation. Woo-hoo! This time […]. Candle or no candle. November 27, 2015. Braiding my mother’s hair. November 4, 2015. Thank you, Tony Hoagland. July 26, 2015.
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the storyless season : Breathe Deep
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November 20, 2016. At midday Saturday the sun shone full into the kitchen window. I almost wished that I hadn’t done the dishes already, but that’s a silly thing to wish, isn’t it? Forget dishes. I pinched some droopy lavender between my fingers and inhaled the fragrance. I set up my computer on the sink. I wanted to write. Why not do so standing up at the kitchen sink, drinking in the sun? I walked our little concrete labyrinth quite often. Cameron grinned at me. “You know how to hold grat...I thought&#...
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adventures in uselessness : Breathe Deep
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September 18, 2016. Today I listen to Yo-Yo Ma play Bach’s cello suites and I dance around the kitchen. I have lived most of my hours aiming to be useful. The weight of that sometimes grows unmanageable. I am a dancer, but not a Dancer (if you know what I mean), so my body still remembers how to move without purpose. How useless and how beautiful. The melancholy doesn’t want to be fixed. It has no interest in my practices, my work ethic, or my timelines. Yes, blue would be perfect here. Hannah Lynn Mell ...
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beauty : Breathe Deep
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November 20, 2016. At midday Saturday the sun shone full into the kitchen window. I almost wished that I hadn’t done the dishes already, but that’s a silly thing to wish, isn’t it? Forget dishes. I pinched some droopy lavender between my fingers and inhaled the fragrance. I set up my computer on the sink. I wanted to write. […]. September 18, 2016. August 19, 2016. April 4, 2016. Gracious God, please tell me again that I do not have to be Great. Tell me that breathing my way through the day is a triu...